Somewhat late comes my list of the best albums of the last decade, but I was occupied alot the last couple of months and was rarely even online, plus I wanted to carefully check out all the albums released in 2009 to determine if something is suitable for the list (haven't unfortunately found anything exceptionally good), so better late than never I guess.

I just want to say that in my opinion this last decade was amazing when it comes to electronic music. Technology really created a space for further experimentation and innovation and a lot of talented producers appeared who had an ability to fill up that space. Some others didn't even had to utilize the new technology to unleash the creativity which expanded and redefined some older styles and created some new ones. So we witnessed the birth of folktronica, nu disco, microhouse, liquid funk, dubstep (and all of its derivatives) etc. together with IDM, minimal techno, deep house and ambient, which all survived a serious face-lift and are now enjoying a new popularity. …

I've just been dissecting another classic Timewriter mix, trying to buy copies of the all the best tunes.

Thankfully there are several places to get the tracklistings without too much bother, but sometimes actually locating copies of the tracks themselves can become a bit of a mission. Honestly, JFC should just set up his own shop, so he can at least take a cut out of the sales of all the 12"s that he's immortalised in his DJ sets..

Anyway.. I thought I'd post my top places to find and buy those hard-to-find electronic tunes. I'll update this post when (if) I find my blog notes from last time I did this (I know they're here somewhere...)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4815/untrueud4.jpgUntrue is definitely one of the most impressive albums I've heard so far. It's very dark and moody, but still retaining the uplifting bits (i.e. the ending of the track Shell of Light). The vocal samples is the key element of this whole beauty. Comparing to the previous self-titled Burial's album, Untrue is more uplifting, brighter and seems greatly produced. Despite the insane popularity and comments about the mainstream thing, all I can say is that Untrue is a real masterpiece.

Thanks to a link given to me by a fellow LastFMer, tech-house and I have rekindled our long lost friendship.

I've always loved deep house and tech-house, but I'd become resigned to the fact that all the music I liked was made around 1995 - and, like it or not, 'they' just didn't make (or play) the kind of music that I liked anymore - it was all this high energy electro noise now - designed for today's kids, just as rave and jungle were designed for my generation of kids.

And listening to old music can be a bit depressing, because, well, it can make the listener feel old too. Especially if they are the kind of listener who has been going through twice-yearly mid-life crises since they hit 30..

Anyway back to the rekindled friendhip. It all started with a random hello from Germany via Scraty, who sent me off to a website to download a recent club mix by the ever-brilliant JFC (aka The Timewriter).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_houseDeep house is a style of house music which fuses elements of Chicago house, 80's soul, jazz-funk and Detroit techno. The Jazz influences of deep house are most frequently brought out by sustained augmented or diminished chords which span several bars, which give the tracks a slightly dissonant feel. The use of vocals is also more common in deep house than in many other forms of house music.